DG for Power Reliability and Security
September 27-28, 2004 - Marriott Midtown Suites - Atlanta, GA
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The electric utility business is becoming more complex. Managing distribution is not just solving overloads and low voltage and specialized customer requirements. It's about making business decisions and dealing with pressing concerns of national security.

Don't miss this conference on how customers can benefit from a new role for distributed generation (DG), and how utilities can benefit by embracing DG as another tool for addressing customer security concerns.

Topics Include:
  • State of DG and the Grid
  • Good News and Bad - State and Federal Policy Update
  • Power Reliability and Security Priorities
  • DG from the RTO Perspective
  • Institutional and Technical Challenges to Integrating DG
  • Meeting Interconnection Challenges in the Field
  • Siting DG Projects Today
  • NARUC Regulatory and Policy Initiatives
  • Avoiding Future Blackouts
  • Anticipating and Financing Grid Disruption Avoidance
  • The Critical Nature of DG Communications and Control
  • Integrating DG Into The Power Supply System
  • Distribution Planning with DG Projects, Development, Analysis, & Site Selection
  • Power Security and Grid Enhancement Considerations
  • CHP and DG as a Key Part of the Future Electricity Industry
  • Development of DG in Ohio for Homeland Security Needs

Speakers and Workshop Instructors Include:

N. Richard Friedman, Chairman & CEO, Resource Dynamics Corporation (Conference Chairman)
Gary Nakarado, FERC Reliability Staff, On Sabbatical from The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Team Lead for Distributed Energy Policy
Joe Kereceman, Manager-Alternative Power, PJM
Richard DeBlasio, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Chair, IEEE 1547 Work Group (developing DG interconnection standards)
Paul Lemar, President, Resource Dynamics Corporation
Andrew Spahn, Director-Grants & Research, NARUC
Roger Feldman, Partner, Bingham McCutchen
Mark Noyes, President & COO, WebGen Systems
Richard Seguin, Principal Engineer, Distributed Resource Planning, Detroit Edison
Robert W. Bjorge, Market Development Manager, Caterpillar Power Generation Systems-Solar Turbines Inc.
John W. Jimison, Executive Director and General Counsel, U.S. Combined Heat and Power Association
Frank Dunay, Project Manager, Energy Industries of Ohio

 Pre-Conference & Post-Conference Workshops

Pre-Conference Workshop - DG - Power Security Breakthrough - Monday, Sept. 27

Post-Conference Workshop - DG - Utility Breakthrough - Wednesday, Sept. 29

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